Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows
or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps
Noun: splint  splint
  1. An orthopaedic mechanical device used to immobilize and protect a part of the body (as a broken leg)
    "The doctor applied a splint to stabilize the patient's fractured arm"
     
  2. A thin sliver of wood
    "he lit the fire with a burning splint"
Verb: splint  splint
  1. (medicine) support with a splint
    "splint a broken finger"

Derived forms: splinted, splints, splinting

Type of: care for, mechanical device, paring, shaving, sliver, treat

Encyclopedia: Splint